Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Cutibacterium acnes Endocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It is suggested that patients with Cutibacterium acnes endocarditis often present without fever or abnormal inflammatory markers. However, no study has yet confirmed this statement.

Objective

To assess the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with C acnes endocarditis.

Design, setting, and participants

A case series of 105 patients presenting to 7 hospitals in the Netherlands and France (4 university hospitals and 3 teaching hospitals) with definite endocarditis according to the modified Duke criteria between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2020, was performed. Clinical characteristics and outcomes were retrieved from medical records. Cases were identified by blood or valve and prosthesis cultures positive for C acnes, retrieved from the medi

SUBMITTER: Heinen FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10339155 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature